RAILWAY STATION MAORI NAMES AND MEANINGS.
Karora, seagull. Paroa, spread out, or straggling settle ment.
Kumara, sweet potatoes. Awatuna, eel stream. Takutai, sea coast. Korkiri, to dash forward, charge. Patara, an English word Maorified— bottle or the name Butler. Kaimata, uncooked food. Aratika, straight road. Moana, sea, large lake. Name given in pakeha time to the township and Lake Brunner.
Ruru, the owl.
Roto-manu, bird lake.
Papanui, large flat or plain. Waihoro, wide expanse of water. Omilii, the place of loving Waiau, river of currents, swirling river.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 193, 15 August 1936, Page 3 (Supplement)
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